Brush-holder



F. SOHNLE.

BRUSH HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED .lULY 19. 1920.

Patented Sept. 20,1921.

TORNEY.

rnmnnrcn SOHNLE, or N'EwA'n-ir, JERSEY. f

, ferent angles to the Transversely arranged through one wallBRUSH-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 20, 1921.

Applicationfiled July 19, 1920. Serial-No. 397,500.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH SOHNLE, a citizen of the United States,and aresident of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Brush-Holders, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved brush holder particularly adaptedfor the use of painters, and is of the kind that provides for theadjustment of a brush at difhandle of the device. The invention relatesto the brush holding member which is constructed so that a mini-.

mum number of parts are employed, and in which the brush is securelyheld, the holder also being adapted to hold scrapers, knives and otherimplements commonly used by painters and like workmen. I It becomesnecessary, in many instances, particularly in painting jobs, to reachplaces inaccessible to the workman with an ordinary brush without thehanging or erection of a scaffold or sometimes the transportation anduse of ladders. This device gives access to such points by reaching fromwindows or from roofs to paint cornices, overhanging parts, gutters andlike places without the necessity of. time and expense of erectingscaffolding or the like.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in whichFigure 1 is a side view of the device on the end of a handle. Fig. 2 isa perspective view of the device. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section showingbrushes in various positions, and Fig. 4 is a central vertical sectionof Fig. 3

The device is adapted to be attachedto the handle 10, usually by simplyscrewing the handle into the end of the device, the device comprising atubular member 11 which has at one side a slot 12, whichslot extendsfrom the top edge of the device part way down, and'a second slot 13 isopposite the slot 12 and overlaps the slot 12 but does not extend to theupper end of themember, there being provided thereby material, as at 14,to'providea stop.

of the member is a screw 15'which is provided with a finger-piece 16,and at its inner end, to preventmarring of brush handles and the like,is provided with a washer or disk 17.. The hole 18 is placed in thememher so as to permit easy heading of the end of the screw 15 so thatthe washer 17 can be attached thereto;

The disposition of these parts is such as to permit a ready adjustmentof thebrush at suflicient diflerent angles to provide for all situationsin which the brush is to be used. The brush 18 can be seated in the endof the member in extension thereof, as shown in Fig.1, and when thesorew15 is screwed in tight the washer 17 bears against the handle of thebrush and holds the brush in position.

If the brushis to be inclined upward at an obtuse angle tothe member, asshown at a in Fig. 3, it is slid down through the open end of the slot12 and through the slot 13 and held in position by the screw, as will bereadily seen. I

The brush can be placed horizontally, as at b, that is, at right anglesto the member,

andit can also be placed at an acute angle to the member, as representedat a, by passing the handle first through the slots 13, the open end ofthe slot 14 permitting the free end of the handle to project beyond themember and also providing a considerable play so that the brush can beswung to the desired angle.

When the brush is in the position shown 7 at a it is used for paintingcornices and the like, and similar situations can be found where sucharrangement of the brush is desirable.

handle, due to the particular arrangement of the slots, can be arranged.at sufiicient desirable angles to make a practically universaladjustment of the brush possible.

I claim: I A brush holder comprising a tubular member having a narrowslot in one side extendg i V 7 1,891,017

ing from one end part way of the length of the member and having a longnarrow slot on the side opposite the first slot, the-second slotterminating short of the end of the 5 member and extending a materialdistance beyond the inner end ofthe-first slomrand a; binding'screwscrewed through one wall of the member and adapted to pressagainst the I handle of a brush held in the slots.

In testimony-that I claimthe foregoing, I 10 have hereto set my hand,this 17th day of a July, 1920. o

FRIEDRICH SOHNLE.

